Transparent Status Bar: Without Jailbreaking!

[chembox]

Experimented with this a little more, I found out that the status bar is a ~60% opacity black bar, and the bottom portion has a shadow-like gradient.

I added a 40px black bar layer with 60% opacity that stayed at the top of the document, and made changes accordingly beneath it. The tricky part is the shadow at the bottom, but I impressively managed to make the illusion. It looks much more invisible on the iPhone than on a desktop:

 

[UCLAKoolman]

Experimented with this a little more, I found out that the status bar is a ~60% opacity black bar, and the bottom portion has a shadow-like gradient.

I added a 40px black bar layer with 60% opacity that stayed at the top of the document, and made changes accordingly beneath it. The tricky part is the shadow at the bottom, but I impressively managed to make the illusion. It looks much more invisible on the iPhone than on a desktop:

Thanks for the px details. I'll give this a try in Photoshop later.

 

[TechIsCool]

I got board as hell tonight and wrote this in php let me know what you all think take a url that is not a attachment on these forums and paste it there then just copy the picture and email yourself the link or click the Email Link button...

iPhone Transparent Bar

Please let me know what you think about it

 

[iSaxon]

I got board as hell tonight and wrote this in php let me know what you all think take a url that is not a attachment on these forums and paste it there then just copy the picture and email yourself the link or click the Email Link button...

iPhone Transparent Bar

Please let me know what you think about it

Thanks! I'll check it out when I get home... I'm at work

 

[chembox]

I got board as hell tonight and wrote this in php let me know what you all think take a url that is not a attachment on these forums and paste it there then just copy the picture and email yourself the link or click the Email Link button...

iPhone Transparent Bar

Please let me know what you think about it

You're a freaking genius! This script is awesome, the only tweak you should look into is that 1px shadow at the bottom of the bar.

Major props, TechIsCool.

 

[Goldinboy17]

You're a freaking genius! This script is awesome, the only tweak you should look into is that 1px shadow at the bottom of the bar.

Major props, TechIsCool.

And that background's pretty cool. Mind sharing? ;p

 

[jk4lebron23]

I got board as hell tonight and wrote this in php let me know what you all think take a url that is not a attachment on these forums and paste it there then just copy the picture and email yourself the link or click the Email Link button...

iPhone Transparent Bar

Please let me know what you think about it

it would work great but the bar isnt big enough

 

[Ollie N]

sorry if im asking too much but can someone also do this as a transparent menubar wallpaper?

 

[jk4lebron23]

i officially suck at photoshop....i cant figure it out

 

[bowzer]

Here is my attempt - and I've included my photoshop psd for anyone that wants to try using it to make their own. It's just the top bar set to dodge... I think this method will only work if you have a darker wallpaper... bright ones won't work.

DOWNLOAD PSD

 

[illutionz]

Here is my attempt - and I've included my photoshop psd for anyone that wants to try using it to make their own. It's just the top bar set to dodge... I think this method will only work if you have a darker wallpaper... bright ones won't work.

DOWNLOAD PSD

Hey, do you have the jpeg version of this picture?

 

[bowzer]

Hey, do you have the jpeg version of this picture?

http://bowzer.net/stuff/colour4.jpg

 

[illutionz]

http://bowzer.net/stuff/colour4.jpg

Thanks!

 

[iSaxon]

it would work great but the bar isnt big enough

There's no way to fix it. Because of the retina display... If you make it any bigger, it overlaps and just makes a dark black line...

 

[iSaxon]

Amazing guys. Great work! I knew it was possible w/o jailbreak

Originial:

Here are my results. Left is with the script. Right is with the PSD.
The PSD works a little better, but they are both great! I am still amazed at the php script Thanks guys!

 

[Ollie N]

Yay! I made one! I did it with the PSD because the script does not work for me.

 

[nin7474]

How do you stop all the Apps going into Home Screen 1? Every time i Sync or Apply all the Apps fill into Home Screen 1.

 

[Ollie N]

How do you stop all the Apps going into Home Screen 1? Every time i Sync or Apply all the Apps fill into Home Screen 1.

You Cant

 

[nin7474]

You Cant

K, thanks. I just put all the Home Screen Apps in 1 Folder like i've seen other people on the Home Screen. So only 1 folder on top left is better than nothing i guess.

 

[markrideout]

And that background's pretty cool. Mind sharing? ;p

I second that! i like that wallpaper, care to share??

 

[Frenchjay]

Amazing guys. Great work! I knew it was possible w/o jailbreak

Originial:

Here are my results. Left is with the script. Right is with the PSD.
The PSD works a little better, but they are both great! I am still amazed at the php script Thanks guys!

EPIC

 

[jreed91]

So if you can do this with the status bar could you do this with the whole lockscreen?

 

[chembox]

And that background's pretty cool. Mind sharing? ;p

I second that! i like that wallpaper, care to share??

Sure:

So if you can do this with the status bar could you do this with the whole lockscreen?

Nope, the lock screen uses a non-transparent black status bar. Impossible without a jailbreak.

Edit: Here are a few others I did:

 

[gtmac]

Nice work guys!

 

[TechIsCool]

Alright I have updated it tell me if you guys like it better...

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